To all whom it may concern



@uitrit tatrs Effizient @frn JACOB HOLZMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. Letters Patient No. 67,055, dated July 2 3, 1,867.

IMPRovED EXTENSION BEDSTBAD.

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Be it known that I, JACoB.HOLZ.\IA-N, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved 'Extension Bedstead; and I d o hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to 'make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a horizontal sectional view of my improvedbedstead when thc same is contracted,- the plane of section being indicated by the line a: w, g. 3.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same when it is expanded.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the contracted bedstead, the plane of section being indicated bylineyy,g.1.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-section of the same, the plane of'section being indicated by the line ze, iig. 1.

Figure 5 isa detail side view of the joint of the longitudinal side bars when the bed is extended.

-Figure 6 is a'horizontal view of one of the corners of the bcdstead, showing the junction of the side bars with the corner posts. l

I Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to-a new bedstead which can be extended in length and width so that it can he used for children or as double bedsteads for adults, as may be desired.

The invention consists in making each of the side bars, as well as the end bars or heads, of two pieces, so thatthe end as wellas the sides can be made longer or shorter at will. The side bars on each Aside are conneoted by suitable clamps or hooks so that they are strongly united. The bedstead can, when not used, be folded together in the 'same manner as iron bedsteads are now usually folded.

AVA represent the two side bars on each side. of the bed. Each of them is secured with pue end to a head of the bedstead by means of a pin'or pivot, a, around which it turns when it is desired to fold the bedstead. (See tig. 6.) B B are the slats or cross-bars. .The same have loops b at their ends, which are tted around the side bars A, as shown. Thereby the latter are connected so that they can be pulled apart, as in iig. 2, or be pushed together-as in iig. 1. Additional layers C C, fitted to loops that surroundthe bars A A, may be arranged between the heads of the bedsteads, on the sides of the same. The side boards A-A may also beconnected by independent loops D D, that have set-screws c e for securing the two bars Aon-each side in any. one desired position. Each one of the heads is composed of double bars or rails E E, of which each is secured to one of the corner posts F. These bars E form the upper and lower rails of the heads, as seen irl figs. 3 and 4, and are connected by loops d d or by bent rods, so that they can be drawn apart, as in tig. 2, or pushed together, as in fig. 1. Each of the slats is also made of two pieces, as is clearly shown in iig. 4, whereby they are enabled to be expanded or contracted with the heads, said pieces being connected by loopsf, or otherwise, as shown. The main frame of this bedstead consists actually of four pieces, z'. e., the four corner posts, to each of which a side piece, A, and an end piece, E, are secured. These pieces or bars A and E can be connected in any suitable manner, as herein described, or otherwise, so as to be expanded or contracted at will. A bedstcad may be arranged so that it can only be elongated or only widened, or both, as may-be'desircd. The ends of thc side bars, when the bedsltead is wholly extended as to length, can be connectcdwith the central leg C by a pin, e, whereby the frame lwill be allowed to be folded also in the centre, aswell as at' the junction of' the bars A' with the corner posts, as will be better understood from figs. 2 and 5. All .the parts of this bedstead can be made of iron or other suitable metal, and also, if desired, of any suitable kind of wood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Constructing a bedstead that it can be either lengthened or widened at will, or both lcngthened and widened, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. Making the side bars A A. on each side of the bed of two pieces, and connecting the same by means of loops formed on the slats or independently, as described.

3. Making the bars or rails E E, which form the head of the bedstead, of two pieces, so that the bedstead can be widened, as set forth.

I So constructing a hedstead by securing a. longitudinal and a cross-bar to each of the posts, the other end of these bars being free, and arranging the slats extensibly, that t'he bedstead can be extended or contracted at will, and be folded, as set forth.

J. HOLZMAN.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNnusnA. J. COHEN. 

